If you doing file uploads with rails you're gonna have a bad time
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The document outlines Dave Rauchwerk's background and interests, his move from Austin, and various technical insights on handling file uploads in mobile web apps using Rails and cloud storage options like Amazon S3. It discusses challenges encountered, such as size limitations and memory leaks, and proposes architectures for optimal file upload handling. The piece emphasizes the importance of lean development and MVP principles.
If you doing file uploads with rails you're gonna have a bad time
- 1. Dave Rauchwerk @elevenarms [email protected]
- 2. ● Moved from Austin in December ● I sometimes enjoy eating canned corn directly from the can ● According to current NASA policy I'm too tall to go space - must be under 6ft to fly ● iOS && backbonejs mobile web apps talking to "RESTFUL" Rails on heroku
- 3. THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET
- 5. Keep it lean - MVP ● Upload very high-res pictures of cats (300 dpi) ● Rate Grumpiness
- 6. Awesome Ways to Handle File Uploads Rails < 4 ● Paperclip + rmagick + S3 - https://github. com/thoughtbot/paperclip ● Carrierwave + minimagick + S3 - https: //github.com/Filepicker/filepicker-rails ● filepicker_rails + S3 Rails 4 - The Future! ● Streaming!
- 7. Common Probs Heroku ● files larger than 4mb cause H11&H12 errors Other Envs ● long running requests take up workers ● config ● imagmagick memory leaks
- 8. Solutions ● Separate Server for uploads (SOA) ● No Uploads larger 4mb ● Upload directly to S3
- 9. Ideal Architecture Rails App Streaming Server (uploads) Long Long Short Client mobile || web Amazon S3 Rackspace Cloud Azure Blobstore